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Friday, April 6, 2012

I found the prequel to this book for free on amazon and couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a taste of the series, and the authors writing style for free before investing my time and money into a new author and series. Now the free book L.M. Pruitt offers as a look into Jude's life before basically all hell breaks loose is definitely more than I bargained for, not only does it have a sassy kick ass leading lady, and interesting plot and story line, but I also liked the authors writing style. When I finished this book I went looking for more and found she has a second book out in this series all ready. :) This book has a great rhythm and the author doesn't drag out the unraveling of "mysterious" situations forever, this was refreshing it doesn't take long before your caught up and know the answers that certain situations have caused. It was nice to have things wrapped up instead of dragged on through book after book, it also helped me understand this world better that the author has created. One of the things I found to be so refreshing is the author doesn't pull any emotional or situation punches if the character had to live on the street and had no one to rely on but herself she didn't sugar coat the events or wax over the topic she gave us the gritty details and all the emotional turmoil we could handle. This helped make the main character be so much more believable, how she responds to people and situations was very much on par with her upbringing. This also showed me she was strong willed and stubborn instead of the author just telling me. Having to rely on only yourself makes it hard to trust others. If you haven't read this series I would recommend you at least grab the free prequel it takes you almost halfway through the first book so you get a lot of story for free it's worth a shot if you ask me.

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If You See Her

I finished this the second book in a three part series in less than a day. This was an intense roller coaster ride of emotions, suspense, action, and romance. It's all around my favorite combination in a book. My only disappointment is that I'm finished with it already. This book is Hope's story really even though there are other well formed characters, I consider this to be hers. I didn't expect it to be such a great story about overcoming emotional and physical abuse, but this plays a big part in defining who Hope's character is. Added to this is a murder mystery that was unsolved in the first book. I'm not sure how, but Shiloh Walker has succeeded keeping me clueless on the identity of the monster terrorizing this town. She does give you insight into his thoughts and actions while still maintaining a tight grip on who he is in the community. I have never been so at a loss for who the murderer is even after two books I have no idea who to suspect. This is awesome I love that I've been stumped it's never happened before I always know who the killer or bad guy is way before your suppose to.This is a great series if you haven't read the first book I strongly urge you to buy it. This series is one you have to read in order or you miss out on information you need. Running the risk of ruining the first book for yourself. I hope this helps you if your trying to decide on a new book to read. I don't post info off the book description, only because I hate regurgitating what you can read for yourself when you looked up this book. I do feel the need to say one more time this is an awesome series and Shiloh Walker is a talented writer you won't regret buying this book. On the plus side its only a trilogy so you also know there's an end in site where you can get the answers to the lingering questions left by the first two books.

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Between The Land And The Sea

I really enjoyed this book, even though it's a YA book I really got sucked into the story and the characters. The author paints an enchanting picture of Marina, who has a total life change when she has to stay for a year with her aunt and cousin. First she's never been to a real school before since her dad is always traveling and she usually goes with him. This causes her to go through the normal ups and downs of teenage angst. Emotionally she is just confused and a little scared. Being so close to the ocean makes some huge changes happen with her and she doesn't have a clue about why she's different.
I don't want to give to much away so I'm going to gloss over some info and hope you still get how wonderful the over all feel of this book was. Strange things start to happen to and around Marina almost right away leading her into a mystery that includes having to find out more about herself and her mother who died while delivering Marina. Her father is to devastated over the loss of his wife to talk about her even after 16 years he still avoids the topic. This makes it hard for Marina to find out anything about her. Soon she's totally wrapped up in finding out who or what her mother is. The romance that starts between Marina and Ethan is so pure and sweet that it successfully reminded me what first love feels like, and a teenagers ability to feel so wholey without hesitation. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the romance between Marina and Ethan bloom into something more than either of them counted on. This is a beautifully written love story with a unique supernatural spin. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
(This was given to me for free directly from the author. Thanks for letting me visit your world I had alot of fun while I was there :)

Third Grave Dead Ahead

I'm going to try not to write any spoilers in my review since I know its irritating.
This is a great third book in the Charley Davidson series. Anyone that enjoys paranormal romance, or just a kick ass take no prisoners main character will fall in love with this book series. I highly recommend you start at the beginning or you will miss out on very important situations, information, and character development.
This book is an edge of your seat fast-paced read. The characters are all well rounded and have substance. I find myself wishing I could have coffee with most of Darynda's Characters. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this original take on the supernatural world. It will grab you buy the seat of your pants and not let go even when the book is finished I find myself wondering what's going to happen next.
I want to tell you about the story line but I don't want to give away anything about the book, so I will just say this its a shocking read for Charley Davidson's fans and the situations and ending will blow you away. I find myself irritated and fascinated all at the same time. This book took me less than a day to read I just couldn't put it down. I can't wait for the 4th book to come out!! I'm going to end up rereading the first 3 books to tide me over until the 4th book comes out, then I will have to find something else to distract myself cause I'm sure her book won't be out next month no matter how hard I wish. :) If you've never read this series before what are you waiting for you won't regret for one minute picking up the first 3 books you might even thank me for telling you about them. :)

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If You Hear Her

This new series that Shiloh Walker has started really grabbed me from the start, I love that I have no idea who the bad guy is I can usually figure that out way to early in most books. I also like how she connected you with more than just the two main characters it really allows you to immerse yourself in the story, I got really caught up in what was happening with all of the characters it made the story more real for me and by the time I got to the end I had gone on an emotional roller coaster ride with her characters. There is so much going on it makes for a fast pace story that leaves you wanting more. This is a great suspenseful story and the romance that she had added in just made it that much better. I can't wait untill the second book in the series comes out at the end of this month, here's a link to the second book check it out!!

Under Attack

This is the second book in this series. I got sucked in by the "human" main character who is surrounded by a wide variety of supernatural beings. Sophie Lawson the main character is immune to magic which makes her the perfect employee for the underworld detection agency, but she keeps finding herself thrust into impossible situations where having some magic or weapons training would come in handy.
The characters you meet in this book are fabulous and quirky, I love the humor and the oddness of the world that the author has created, it's not everyday you get a visit from a dead relative in a shiny piece of fruit. The authors imagination and sense of humor make this a great read I can't wait for the next addition to this series.

Get Taylor Swift to Tweet about Remembrance!

Michelle Madow's debut novel Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She talked all about it in a blog entry a few months ago, discussing how Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She even wrote a letter to Taylor Swift and sent it to her, along with a signed book!
It's been a few months now, and she has yet to hear back from Taylor that she received the letter and book. She really wants to tell Taylor about how inspiring she and her music have been to her, but since Taylor Swift is an international superstar, she’s a little hard to reach. This is where YOUR help comes into play! Michelle is giving away the biggest prize pack she's offered yet, and the ways to enter to win are by telling Taylor Swift about Remembrance.
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What inspires me? Kind, hard working people inspire me. The generosity of some people truly astounds me and I am always striving to be a good person with integrity. Successful people with integrity also inspire me. I see too many people jepardizing who they are just to get ahead, and I never want to be like that. So instead I look up to ambitious, hard working people who do not compromise who they are. You can be a good person AND a successful person.

First up is the grand prize giveaway! Go to this blog Book Briefs and enter to win a copy of her new book plus help her reach her goal of getting Taylor Swift to Tweet about it! I tried to post the links in my blog but none of the links took you to the right page so I added a button at the end of this post that takes you right to the blog then you just have to click on her link Win your choice of YA books US, only Ends 2/20. There are other contests on her blog besides this one feel free to enter them all.

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Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet. Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind? Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

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Brave Fish: Identity, Love, Faith

I wasn't sure what to think when I first received this book, I'm not into biographies and I wasn't sure what the tone of this one would be. The writing in this book is so descriptive, it really makes it so you can picture what he's talking about, this helped me more engrossed in the book.
It starts out with the author talking about his high school years and about what it's like falling in love as a teenager, the heart ache and the insecurities that comes with just being a teenager.
He then gets into his experience as a doctor, this wasn't a direction I was expecting. He put in all the years for the schooling, hard and determination that you know goes along with becoming a doctor. This outcome was not what I expected. His internal struggle and thoughts about his patients were really disturbing to read. For someone that has a lot of medical problems I'm not sure I ever wanted to know what a doctor is thinking when they are sitting across from you. He does manage to redeem himself in my eyes when he gets into how he felt about writing the living will's and death certificates.
After this we are at the point where he is leaving the USA to live in Argentina. There's stuff about that brings you back to his teenage years but what really got me was His over all spiritual conversion is at the climax of the book. That part was awesome, and described beautifully. It's a great story and would also be good for helping people struggling with an addiction.
I did really enjoy his particular writing style it's graphic, intense, kind of in your face. He forces you to see his world with the words he's chosen to paint with and it's descriptive, gritty and sometimes raw. Over all I very much liked this book which I wasn't expecting at all. Here's an expert that I liked from the book.

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Bound

I really enjoyed this all too short story. I'm really hoping the 2nd book is going to be out soon she leaves us hanging at the end of the first one. I'm not sure I can put my finger on what it is about this book that made me like it so much, I found the plot and story line refreshing and even though it is a YA book it wasn't filled with to much sappy gooey teenage drama. This story is about a young girl who is coming into her powers as a voodoo queen and all the uncertainty that goes along with being a teenager too. I like the mystery of the ghosts and the plantation and I can't wait to read more.

The Trouble With Spells

I really liked the plot, the connection between the main characters, and the paranormal. This is a YA book but it didn't get on my nerves with the teenage drama it all seemed necessarily to the plot. How she describes the connection between the lead characters is great intense love unlike any other. I'm not sure if this helped the story or not since most 16 year old girls feel that intense I'm going to die if you leave me love, this didn't make the main characters romance stand out as special to me, just seemed like high school hormone drama. The binding they did together did move them into a group of more obsessive, or at least it could have moved that way but the author actually seemed to find a good balance so that this didn't end up as creepy or weird.
There were times when I thought that the pacing was perfect, but then when all this weird stuff starts to happen around them and they've been preparing for the worst this whole time it just seemed odd that they wouldn't be concerned about the huge changes in her best friend.
So all the bad stuff just drops on them out of no where which seemed weird when he was surrounded by a coven that should have been protecting him. I did enjoy the story and I probably will look into the second one. I over all like the characters in this book and I'm hoping with the second one that the writer will have hit a groove, making the story more believable. I'm hoping to see these characters grow into something more.

Transcender

I was given this book as a free read by the author, I was a little confused by the title and the cover picture thinking it was going to be a bit more of a science fiction read but I was pleasantly surprised. The story line is fresh and not just another supernatural teenager that falls in love. The author really built a whole world around this different dimensions of reality coexisting simultaneously I thought it was a great idea and was really anticipating the main character learning more about her ability to travel through these dimensions. I enjoyed the pace she set for the romance with the connection they felt between them right away it seemed to me that she still kept a slower pace which makes sense to the story and everything the main character was already dealing with.
I can't wait to read more about this world that Vicky Savage has created I found it intriguing and her imagination to be a wonderful place to visit.